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2025 Poverty Law Conference
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Tackling Coerced Debt: Nuts and Bolts of Helping Survivors Recover
Wednesday August 27, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Room 410
This will be an interactive lecture that explains how Texas law defines identity theft to include debts obtained by coercion and how to use existing identity theft protections to help survivors recover. Whereas in our previous session we went in depth on the various federal and state laws that address identity theft, in this session we will focus on the nuts and bolts of how to respond to identity theft using Chapter 521 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. We will briefly touch on some of the successes and challenges of our pilot project in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area. We will walk participants through the process of identifying coerced debt, writing dispute letter, filing a Ch. 521 application, and obtaining an order. We will also share the materials we have prepared for our pilot project, including our case planning tool.
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avatar for Brittany Hightower

Brittany Hightower

Staff Attorney, Lone Star Legal Aid (Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt)
Brittany Hightower is a Staff Attorney at Lone Star Legal Aid with the Individual Safety Unit where she provides legal services to survivors of sexual abuse, including protective orders, divorces, custody, housing, privacy, and more. Prior to joining LSLA, Brittany worked as an attorney... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Room 410 500 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78701

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